Joe – Sorry this is late getting to you. Have been working remotely, and just got into office from fire station. Jessie not here either, which slows me up! Jim
City Department Heads met at 9:00 AM at Salisbury Fire Department Headquarters on Cypress Street. Salisbury Public Works, SPD, SFD, NSCC, BPI, Internal Services, and Mayor and City Administrators were in attendance.
The City of Salisbury has this update as of 10:00 AM:
Salisbury Public Works Employees were activated at 6:00 PM yesterday (Christmas Day) evening. Today 7 Six Wheelers and 5 1-Ton trucks have been deployed using thee 180 tons of salt delivered to the city last week and have been salting since late yesterday. City staff will be out salting until enough snow has accumulated to warrant plowing in residential areas, which will not be done until primary snow routes are clear. Staff will work through day and evening, today, and stop if white out conditions occur as winds pick up later Sunday evening. The city is in the process of requesting assistance from the Maryland National Guard, which was activated when the State of Maryland called a limited state of emergency. The City Service Center is staffed and can be reached at 410-548-3177.
Salisbury Police Department has access to all available 4X4 vehicles in the city fleet to supplement city police vehicles. All patrols have been increased to 2 person vehicles. ALL CARS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES BY 11:45 AM TODAY SO THAT THESE ROUTES CAN BE PLOWED. A list of Snow Emergency Routes (updated 9/10) is attached. Drivers are asked to use extreme caution when travelling.
Each of the 3 Salisbury Fire Department houses will be fully staffed by career and volunteer members by noon. Staff is working with Public Works to clear stations of snow and ice.
Neighborhood Services and Code Compliance will alert the public as to the exact time that the 6 hour period begins for snow removal. Currently snow should begin to be removed 6 hours after the end of snowfall.
The city, per the staff of the Wicomico Emergency Management Service, expects the snow to pick up in the afternoon today and for conditions to become much worse due to high winds late this afternoon and throughout the evening hours. Again, Motorists are urged to use extreme caution.
The next meeting of Salisbury Department Heads is 5:00 PM today at Salisbury Fire Department. They will participate in an Emergency Management System conference call at that time.
5 comments:
That's great what the city of salisbury is doing for their emergency personnel. The other towns around Salisbury (i.e Berlin, Ocean City, Fruitland, Pocomoke) should get the same idea.
love how citizens have 6 hours to clear sidewalks when the city never does a darn thing about the streets. our street was still icy a week after the last storm, until everything finally melted. never, ever saw a plow or salt truck. just a repeat of last year's terrible response.
We saw a plow pull onto our street from a major road, and rather than driving down the street and plowing it to loop around back to the major road, it backed up and left our street covered! How difficult would it have been for him to just circle around and kill two birds with one stone?
PLease plow the streets of Ellington Development off of Johnson Road. Many senior citizens live in there and emergency vehicles cannot get to them if needed. A city plow has never been seen in there when we have a snow fall and a state of emergency. Thank You
I understand two plow trucks went through Ellington about an hour ago with their plows in the air most of the way. They did leave a nice foot high wall of snow and ice across Caravan Way, the main road leading into and out of the development. That should be fun to drive over. Ellington is a small development; there is no reason why it can't be cleared properly. Last winter season it was a mess for weeks.
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